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Lawrence already had half of his foot removed when he first visited the Memorial Hospital Center For Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at Memorial Hospital Pembroke. The therapy helped saved his leg from being amputated.
Every year, nearly two million people in the United States suffer traumatic brain injury (TBI), the leading cause of brain damage and permanent disabilities that include motor dysfunction, psychological disorders, and memory loss. Current rehabilitation...
We always think of brain damage as irreversible, whether it’s a result of a stroke, traumatic injury or metabolic disorder. But three Israeli researchers recently reported that treatment with high levels of oxygen can reinvigorate dormant neurons and improve patients’...
Through the use of hyperbaric, oxygen-rich chambers, medical researchers have found a way to restore a significant amount of neurological function in brain tissue thought to be chronically damaged by stroke, traumatic injury, and metabolic disorder -- even years after...
Brian Fleury, Professional Hockey Player (ret.) was an enforcer who suffered from multiple concussions. He discusses his successful results from his HBOT treatments.
Patt Maney elaborates on his experience with brain damage in the military and how Hyperbaric Oxygen helped him."After about 20 dives, people that knew me before the injury and after the injury, started to say, you look better, you're more engaged, you're...
To battle her son's autism, Kazuko Curtin did more than look into a treatment -- she started a clinic for it. Twelve years ago, Curtin was told by doctors that her son had autism. In subsequent years, while attending conferences, she heard about treatment in a...
"It may help reverse, theoretically, some of the process that’s causing the autism." You might be familiar with hyperbaric oxygen treatment, in which a patient breathes in extra oxygen while inside a pressurized chamber, as a therapy for the bends and carbon monoxide...
Decision Memo for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Hypoxic Wounds and Diabetic Wounds of the Lower Extremities (CAG-00060N) Diabetic Wounds of the Lower Extremities: The evidence is adequate to conclude that HBO therapy is clinically effective and, thus, reasonable and...